CANTERBURY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 18

CANTERBURY.

At the monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of Lincoln College, it was decided to request the Government to place in charge of the college one or more of the horses presented by Lord Rothschild. The A. and P. Association are to be a&ked to support the board's application. The voyage of the barque Inverclyde from Mauritius to Lyttelton was memorable by sickness, accident, and death. On February 22 the vessel left Fort Louis with two of her crew sick with Mauritius or malarial fever. The disease spread rapidly till half a dozen of the men weie laid down at one time. They recovered, but as they became better others of the crew sickened, till at length 12 of the men had taken the disease. The worst feature was that when apparently recovering they had a relapse — some men ti\o and three. In only one case however, did death ensue. The victim was an A.B. named Samuel Coulmgs, 24 years of age. who died at 1 a.m. on Friday last, April 5. Rather more than a week before Coulings's death an accident of a remarkable kind happened. An apprentice, Francis Morrison, while on the main royal yard assisting to loosen a sail, fell to the deck, a distance of 170 ft. In his descent he broke 16 ratthns of the main rigging, his body cutting through them in succession as he fell. They doubtless broke the force of his fall, and saved his life. He alighted on a coil, and lay insensible, his head covered Mith blood. He remained unconscious for three days, but, wonderful to relate, broke no bnnes and sustained no internal injuiies. He received several severe bruises on his neck and body, and some terrible cuts on his head. A complicated and contradictory Hanmer Plains wages case, Clara Clark v. R. W. Hood, came to a sensational ending in the Christchurch S. M. Court on Saturday. Clara Clark has been employed by Hood as a servant, and left with £67 16s wages alleged to be ow mg to her, for which .-.he claimed. The defendant swore that the girl had been mid. On Saturday the magistrate (Mr H. W. BMiop, S.M.) gave judgment for the girl for £42 17s. and oidered proceedings for perjury to be instituted against Hood and his wife. Hood, who was in court, wa 5 - lemanded for a week, bail being allowed. On Friday evening an elderly lady who was returning home from Papanui. between 8 and 9 o'clock. v.m« robbed as, she was walking along the lonely road. She was accosted by a man, who demanded her purse. Noticing a bright steel object in h-s hand she complied, her purse, jewellery, and even her and a parcel of blouses that she was carrying being handed over to the thief. C J. Waeckerle. who came to Akaroa with the French •settlers in 1840, died on Friday, aged 85 year* The persons hurt by the tramway accident on the Bth were not seriously injured. Mrs Lamg was much improved this morning, and it is probable she will be able to get about again in a week or two. The damage to thp rolling btcck was not very gieat. It is be!ie\ cd the accident was caused by the rain making tho line greasy, and that the weight of the five laden cars coining down the incline pushing the engine against the end of the check lail at the pointa, caused it to juazp the line.